Ive been climbing for almost a year now and Im climbing V5 and 5.11c. I really love the sport. I dropped basketball just to have more time to practice cilmbing. Im at the gym 3 days a week and on my home woodie a coupe days too. Is there anything I can do to get better other than climbing more. Ive already been using a hangboard and its helped quite a bit. I know some people frown upon use of a hangboard for beginners but Ive never stressed myself on one and I try my best to use proper technique. But other than climbing can I do anything else to get better. Maybe running, eating healthier, idk. Any help is really appreciated!

first piece of advice ... look for people who climb BETTER than you ... or have in the past ... and ask THEM for advice ... or if they dont are at least coaches/professionals in the sport ...

the flip side is to generally ignore those especially on the intrawebs who climb substantially worse than you either because they lack the desire, or are simply poor climbers looking to show off .... you wont get very much from listening to them

Ive been climbing for almost a year now and Im climbing V5 and 5.11c. I really love the sport. I dropped basketball just to have more time to practice cilmbing. Im at the gym 3 days a week and on my home woodie a coupe days too. Is there anything I can do to get better other than climbing more. Ive already been using a hangboard and its helped quite a bit. I know some people frown upon use of a hangboard for beginners but Ive never stressed myself on one and I try my best to use proper technique. But other than climbing can I do anything else to get better. Maybe running, eating healthier, idk. Any help is really appreciated!

Ive been climbing for almost a year now and Im climbing V5 and 5.11c. I really love the sport. I dropped basketball just to have more time to practice cilmbing. Im at the gym 3 days a week and on my home woodie a coupe days too. Is there anything I can do to get better other than climbing more. Ive already been using a hangboard and its helped quite a bit. I know some people frown upon use of a hangboard for beginners but Ive never stressed myself on one and I try my best to use proper technique. But other than climbing can I do anything else to get better. Maybe running, eating healthier, idk. Any help is really appreciated!

You need to get better at self analysis apparently. Without knowing you or watching you climb it's nearly impossible to give you advice on how to get better. What kind of routes do you have problems with? What kinds of cruxes shut you down? What styles are the most difficult for you?

so my advice: Start paying attention to your climbing. Discover your weaknesses and work on them.

Ive been climbing for almost a year now and Im climbing V5 and 5.11c. I really love the sport. I dropped basketball just to have more time to practice cilmbing. Im at the gym 3 days a week and on my home woodie a coupe days too. Is there anything I can do to get better other than climbing more. Ive already been using a hangboard and its helped quite a bit. I know some people frown upon use of a hangboard for beginners but Ive never stressed myself on one and I try my best to use proper technique. But other than climbing can I do anything else to get better. Maybe running, eating healthier, idk. Any help is really appreciated!

If you are climbing V5 consistently, and it is really V5, then you should be climbing harder than 11c routes. So if you want to improve on roped climbing, work your endurance/power-endurance, and you should be sending mid-12s at least, within couple months.

Other than that, the advice is always the same: identify your weaknesses, and work on improving them. Without seeing you climb, how can anybody know?

You have climbed a very short time, so increasing your already large training time will probably only lead to injury. There are 3 things you can do: 1) Lose weight (especially if you are overweight) 2) Train more smartly 3) Find better partners

For 2 and 3 advice was already given and 1 is obvious enough. Personally I would go with 3 at this moment. The people you now climb with will probably be the same people you climb with 5 years from now. If they aren't as motivated or willing to push themselves as you, the risk is much higher that you will adapt to them instead of the other way around (since that is much easier).

If you are born 97 you might still be youg enough to join some climbing club with a team and coach and everything. That might help a lot!

Yeah thanks for your advice. I am on a comp team at my local gym and it really helps. I think getting better partners will really help because the ones Im with arent really motivated. I dont know if I should try to lose weight because Im 6"2 and 155 so Im sort of lanky as it is :)

More important than grades is technique. Quiet feet, smooth movements, static moves vs. dynamic whenever possible, and really being critical and observant of your movement and climbing in general. Once your technique is spot proof, then climbing harder grades will become easier and you will notice a great difference in your climbing and training. Working on technique is very difficult (and who knows, you may be already very smooth) but it definitely pays off. It sounds very cliche, I know, but climbers who have excellent technique are recognized and, no doubt about it, will get you further in the climbing world, if that's your goal.

More important than grades is technique. Quiet feet, smooth movements, static moves vs. dynamic whenever possible, and really being critical and observant of your movement and climbing in general. Once your technique is spot proof, then climbing harder grades will become easier and you will notice a great difference in your climbing and training. Working on technique is very difficult (and who knows, you may be already very smooth) but it definitely pays off. It sounds very cliche, I know, but climbers who have excellent technique are recognized and, no doubt about it, will get you further in the climbing world, if that's your goal.

You can be smooth and dynamic. As a matter of fact, you'll eventually need to be to continue to improve. The rest I agree with.

Motivation is number one here. V5 very good for a year. I will second trying to find people stronger then you that know what they are doing technically so they can find multiple ways for you to achieve moves and push you along too.